The moment that cinephiles have been waiting for since May is finally here: Anora opens in theaters this weekend.
Written and directed by Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket), Anora has been one of the buzziest films of 2024 since it premiered at Cannes in May, to near-universal critical acclaim. Baker is known for shining a light on pockets of working-class America, and Anora is no exception.
This comedy takes viewers to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brighton Beach, home to a large community of Russian-speaking immigrants. Mikey Madison stars as Anora—or Ani, as she goes by—who is an exotic dancer in the area. Ani speaks some Russian, thanks to her grandmother. She’s therefore tasked with taking care of a VIP client, Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch who visits her strip club. Ani and Vanya hit it off, and fall into a whirlwind romance. But this isn’t the Cinderella story that Ani was hoping for.
Anora is a film worth seeing on the big screen in theaters. But if you really want to know, here’s what we know about when to expect Anora on streaming.
Where to watch Mikey Madison movie Anora:
Anora will only available to watch in a movie theater, when it opens in the U.S. in select theaters on Friday, October 18. You can find a showing near you via Fandango. Anora is not yet available to watch online or on streaming.
Is Anora streaming on Netflix?
Anora is not streaming on Netflix and likely will not be on Netflix any time soon, due to the fact that the film is an A24 release, and the recent 2023 deal between A24 and Warner Bros. Discovery, brings all A24’s previous and upcoming theatrical releases to the Warner Bros. streaming service Max. (Formerly known as HBO Max.) If you want to watch Anora movie at home, you’ll have to wait for the film to be available to buy or rent on digital platforms, or wait for it to stream on Max.
When will Anora be streaming on HBO’s Max?
Anora is not yet streaming on Max. Right now, the movie is only in theaters. That said, we do expect to see Anora streaming on Max eventually—thanks to the A24 and Warner Bros. deal—but we’re not sure when.
The A24 deal is a “Pay-1 deal,” which means A24 movies will start streaming on Max in the “Pay 1 window,” meaning that Max will be the first “TV channel” to pay for the rights to The Front Room, after the film has been released on digital and home media. One recent A24 title, I Saw the TV Glow, began streaming on Max about four-and-a-half months after its release in theaters, and about three months after its release on digital. If Anora follows a similar release strategy, you’ll see Anora streaming on Max around March 2025.
This is all speculation. If you want to watch Anora right away, you can catch the movie in theaters.
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